Fareen Village: Taloum

Madness. She cleared the leap with no arrows flying as their attention was taken. The sudden destruction of that southern gate just down the road caused her to duck down instinctively to protect herself, but once the debris settled and it went quiet for a moment did she stand again - she had a clear opening via that front gate. Just for a few moments.

She had to take it before reinforcements made it to block the newfound escape route. She bolted for the next roof as fast as she could, making the leap easily and now being just above the road leading outside the destroyed gates.

The alarms blaring did more than startle her, and her eyes swiveled around sharply when the fire became blatantly apparent. She felt a stone drop in her stomach - all her training was starting to fail. Being in the field... there was only so much simulated situations could prepare one for, and right now she was silently praying the pair of shinobi were NOT in the middle of that fire...

... she broke code. Out of a concern for those she was entrusted to work with, despite her earlier thoughts in the day, she couldn't leave. Deep down, a part of her was scared. Beyond the fear from the golem battle. Here, she opted to stay just a moment longer. She moved in towards the wall around the town, making a leap and hitting the surface with the tiger claw additions digging right in to keep her in place. She spidered her way up to nestle beneath the walkway above for the archer, and watched the rooftops intently. She just needed some sign that they were okay, and were running. Something. Anything.

May her ancestors forgive her for this.

The bandits immediately around the southern gate moved to secure the new breach. Most of the melee fighters from the wall dropped down to secure the hole from any would be attackers, their attention towards the outside rather than the interior. The same can be said for most of the archers. Only a few still looked around inside for the kunoichi, having lost sight of her when the gate was demolished.

The fires in the north would spread to a few of the surrounding buildings. The heat beginning to encroach on overwhelming temperatures from all the dried food stocks. With the fire blazing, a new magical force could be felt if one paid attention. A small chant could be heard coming from a trio of individuals with a plethora of heavily armed guards walking towards the fires. With the chanting, storm clouds began to form above the village and release a torrent of rain. The downfall is only a small drizzle, but will intensify to douse the flames over time.

Jou kept moving toward the gate, though his eyes flick to Kasumi. There was a magical storm brewing, these bandits had far too many resources. He continues to draw in power as they come within the last few buildings leading out of town.

"Kasumi see if you can disrupt the storm, I will Clear a Path for us through the gate."

The bandits now covering the south gate were a mix of the basic militants and some of the heavier variations. Ketsueki's attack did indeed take down a few of the simpler enemies, but the heavy armored ones only had the weapons ting off their armor, notifying them of her position. Ten of the goons would turn around and immediately notice her, shouting and bringing the attention of the archers back on her.

The firestorm reached into the sky an licked at the clouds, causing the vapour within to disperse and turn the storm into an ineffective. The magic chanting stopped as the group of sorcerers weren't expecting the fire to react in this way and began to run. They were to slow however as with the vast heat and spinning wind of Kasumi and Jou, and their own collection of cold air pressure to make the storm, a natural tornado was created in seconds, its winds already tearing up the northern most area and taking the bandit group for a little flight. The winds have not gained enough force to pick the the shinobi yet, but its strength is increasing as their is a magical force intertwining from the previously cast spells.

Jou was on the last roof top before they would have to jump down to make the gate. The storm behind them was getting intense and the gate in front of them had some lingering guards. Leaping from the roof top, Kasumi hopefully right behind him he unleashes his stored magic. A massive blast of fire meant to send the lingering guards running. It would have dissipated by the time they touched down and then the two shinobi would sprint to the gate.

With the guards following Ketsueki, the southern gate had fewer forces to keep it secure. The blast of fire from Jou would scatter those that were around th entrance and would make a sizable breach for escape. The blast did however attract the attention of the archers, one of which seemed to be in charge of firing coordination.

The two shinobi would have no trouble leaving teh gate, though the ground guards would send a few to tail them a ways once they were organized in about a minute. Meanwhile, the archers would prep their bows to dispatch a wave fo arrows at the two. The leader, having an arrow with a blue rune on it. If the shinobi were to notice, a small blue dot would appear on Kasumi's ankle, identifying it as a magical lock on target for the same blue arrowhead.

Ketsueki would be able to outrun the initial group chasing her by weaving through the buildings, though the shouting would be bringing more guards to flank the area. She was also going the roundabout way of getting closer to the raging inferno that is a tornado in the north of the village. Not only are winds beginning to pick up with the vicinity, but the heavily armored foes are the only ones willing to currently follow her as their weight will keep them grounded for now.

"We have archers."

Jou notes as they continue to run. Looking behind him and seeing the men line up. One of them has a glowing blue arrow, but the effects of that can only be guessed at. Maybe a frost arrow? But if it was it be better spent fighting the growing fire in the building. The shinobi hunkers down and begins to move in an erratic serpentine pattern. One that will hopefully throw of the archers aim. He also begins to draw in more magic, he had one maybe two more spells left in him at this point. It should be enough to see them clear though. They make their way out of the village and onto the plains all that was left was to find a shadow and they'd be gone.

The archers released their arrows, aiming to either kill or disable the fleeing shinobi. The wall of wind would knock out all but one arrow, one arrow that glowed blue. This single arrow sliced through the wall of wind straight towards its intended target, Kasumi's left ankle. With the archer's having fired, a small squad of five moderately armored troops began moving from the gate towards the shinobi, hoping that they can capture at least one of them.

Ketsueki would have no trouble finding clearance to the roofs. Any archers that were at the walls have moved away to avoid the twister of fire and heat. She had a clear escape route out of the village. Though should she look towards the tornado once more, she would see a lone figure on another rooftop, this figure was clearly female by attire and her shoulder length crimson hair. This newcomer seemed to be concentrating on a spell much like Ketsueki herself. In only a few seconds after, the figures hand shot out and a black orb hurtled itself into the pillar of fire. There did nto appear to be anything hapening, though after a few more seconds, the twisting air and flame seemed to stretch and then condense into the sphere, no wind or light or cloloud of the conjoining spells was left as it all was sucked into the unknown spell ball. Once everything from the phenomenon died down and the winds and roaring flames ceased, the ball shrunk and disappeared in a puff of smoke. The figure had a smile on her face and dropped off the rooftops, back into the village.